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The next meeting of Sustainable Population Australia will be on Wed 28 March, 7.30 pm, in the ground floor seminar room at the The Joinery, 111 Franklin St, city. The speaker will be Legislative Council Greens leader Mark Parnell.

Mark will be speaking on the topic:

'Why political parties refuse to talk about population'

Ever since the social and environmental disaster of neoliberal economics was foisted upon the Australian community in the 1980s, population has remained a no-go area for policy makers.

The SA Greens, however, devote a page to population on their website (https://greens.org.au/sa/policies/sustainable-population-sa), yet they won't raise the topic in public. Why not? As an educated society we urgently need to talk about ALL aspects of the ideology of endless growth, and about its causes as well as its effects. Are the Greens caught in a political bind on population, squeezed between what some see as a moral obligation to have an open door immigration policy, and on the other hand the need to reduce our ecological footprint to a sustainable level?

Let's hear Mark Parnell explain the position of the Greens on this, and see if we can suggest a realistic policy that makes scientific sense. This difficult discussion is long overdue, but is not happening in political circles. The community must lead this conversation.

Come along and help our pollies think through the hard issues. Bring friends and family, and help make our future!

To celebrate Earth Hour 2018, the Australian String Quartet teams up with the South Australian Museum to present an environmentally low-impact evening of high-impact music.

Close Quarters: Earth Hour is part of the ASQ’s mission to break down the barriers of classical music. Close Quarters concerts, performed in unique spaces and lasting around 60 minutes in length, are intimate and casual, and provide the flexibility for music-lovers of all kinds to include an exquisite music experience into their nightly activities.

There is a lot of talk recently around electric vehicles (EVs) in particular how close they are for mass adoption.

The Green Drive Day, hosted by Australian Electric Vehicle Association (AVEA) is an opportunity to have all your questions answered. On show will be many of the latest EVs on offer, and you will have an opportunity to test drive them. AEVA members will also have their EVs on display, and many will be offering to take people for drives, so you can experience what it is like to travel in an EV. Across the day there will be a number of presentations around the practicalities of owning and driving an EV.

There will also be trade stands, where you can speak to experts in the field of solar energy, battery storage, charging your EV, electric bike, etc.

With the state election just around the corner, there’s plenty we can do to encourage South Australians to Vote for the Environment.

Conservation SA, along with 32 other environmental groups, have created an election scorecard showing where the major parties stand on the environmental issues facing our state. Check out the website here.

Conservation SA is hosting an action session to help you help South Australians vote for the environment.

Date: Wednesday 28 February

Time: Drop in anytime between 4 - 7pm

Where: The Joinery, 111 Franklin St, Adelaide

There’s so much you can do to ensure that the environment wins this state election. Come along and find out how!